Dragnet (1951)

A man walks into City hall carrying a live bomb. He threatens to blow up the building if his brother isn't released from jail.

Friday and Jacobs track down a drug ring through a small-time television actor who is hooked on heroin.

Friday poses as a hired killer for a man who wants his wife dead.

A new-born baby is stolen from a hospital nursery and the trail leads the police to a deranged mother.

The police interrogate a suspect whom they believe to have murdered more than a dozen men.

A doctor is beaten and robbed of prescription drugs.

A couple are robbed and murdered, along with their pet parrot. The killer uses a time bomb to start a fire and cover up his crime.

A divorced mother is killed in bed by a shotgun while her young boy sleeps beside her.

Friday testifies at the trial of a man accused of a hit-and-run, but the main witness against him suddenly disappears.

A secretary is beaten to death and the search for the killer leads police to a religious fanatic.

Friday confronts a jeweler with tape recorded evidence that proves he hired someone to rob his own store.

A man claims that his wife committed suicide right in front of him, but the evidence suggests otherwise.

Friday and Jacobs are out to catch a safe burglar who has been on the loose for seven months.